Earthbound Bones by ReGina Welling My rating: 3 of 5 stars Thank you NetGalley and Willow Hill Books for providing me with an ARC of Earthbound Bones in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist I already had this entire review mapped out when I decided to double check a fact before giving my two-cents’ worth. It turns out that this new series by the author is a spin-off her previous series called Psychic Seasons. To most readers, who are familiar with Welling’s work this isn’t really news, but I think it’s important to point out to anyone interested in this new series Earthbound, familiarity…
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Stormy Cove
Stormy Cove by Bernadette Calonego My rating: 1 of 5 stars Thank you NetGalley and Amazon Crossing for providing me with an ARC of Stormy Cove in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist I’m slowly, but surely making my way through all the approved ARCs that have been sitting in my to-read shelf on NetGalley for longer than I’m willing to admit. Up next on my list was Stormy Cove, a mystery. I mean, what’s not to like for someone like me? We’ve got a fishing town near the Atlantic cost serving as the background. We’ve got moody weather. We’ve got an atmosphere that…
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Lies Lies Lies
Lies Lies Lies by Adele Parks My rating: 3 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, Harlequin Trade Publishing, for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist I really like mystery and thriller stories. Give me something that gives me the spooks and I’m all yours. However, recently I have noticed a change, or rather shift, in genre categorizations. A few times now I started reading a thriller/mystery novel with the appropriate gusto only to find out that the book should have been labelled a psychological or domestic drama. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not…
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Someone’s Listening
Someone’s Listening by Seraphina Nova Glass My rating: 5 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, Harlequin Trade Publishing, for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist Over the last few months I have noticed a theme has emerged that is giving my reviews a certain flavour, shall we call it? This theme is that it’s hot. I’m hot and not like the strutting down the beach in my beachwear, turning heads with my confidence that makes me desirable, yet approachable. No, I’m talking about the constant sweat stains, the film of oil that has…
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The Woman Before Wallis
The Woman Before Wallis: A Novel of Windsors, Vanderbilts, and Royal Scandal by Bryn Turnbull My rating: 3 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, MIRA Books, for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist Give me stories about the nobility. Give me stories set in London, the countryside or with a Mediterranean flair. Give me complex characters that try to make their way through life without losing hope. Give me all that and I am yours as a loyal reader. I thought this book would totally be my cup of tea. I imagined myself…
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No One Saw
No One Saw by Beverly Long My rating: 1 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, MIRA, for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist At the time I decided to read and review No One Saw, I was not familiar with the characters of detectives McKittridge and Morgan or the previous story that did the initial introduction of them. I jumped in with both feet, ready to embark on a mystery story with a police-procedural flair to it. The story accomplished that and yet it didn’t. There was a distinct divide between solving the…
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The Last Wife
The Last Wife by Karen Hamilton My rating: 3 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, Harlequin Trade Publishing, for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist I have not felt this torn about a book since I read Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, except this time I am even more at odds with what to write. Let me set the scene. I decided to write this review a few hours after finishing the book, before the few strands of coherent thoughts about this book vanish into thin air. I have done my stretches. Literally rolled…
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Stranger in the Lake
Stranger in the Lake by Kimberly Belle My rating: 2 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, Park Row, for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist Two words: murder mystery! I’m weird in the sense that murder mysteries calm me down. When I have had a stressful day, I put on an episode of some murder show and I feel better. When I’m anxious and feeling on edge: murder mystery. Here is the thing, though. It has been very hit and miss for me when it comes to murder mystery books. Some of them…
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Sister Dear
Sister Dear by Hannah Mary McKinnon My rating: 3 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, MIRA, for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. I kept putting off writing this review for as long as I could and now, I’m in a real time crunch. I’m tired, uninspired and a headache is starting to form right behind my eyes and I just want to curl up on the couch and watch cartoons. Yup, it’s one of those days. I kept procrastinating on this review, because I don’t know what to say about it. I don’t know…
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This Is How I Lied
This Is How I Lied by Heather GudenkaufMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, Park Row, for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. I finished this book two days ago and needed some time to relish in it. It was an intense, but very satisfying read. I haven’t had much luck in the past with mystery stories and was on the verge of cutting them out completely from my reading list, but then I got an email from the publisher with a very intriguing synopsis of a new mystery/thriller/suspense story. Well, colour me…
